Well you all had some great guesses, but the 50/50. blend of lemonade was made famous by Arnold Palmer a famed golfer in 1960 at the US Open at the Cherry Hills Country Club in Denver. He was heard ordering this drink at the bar and then everyone heard him & they ordered it by his name the Arnold Palmer. "The Innovative Flavors Company" began marketing it as such in 2001 with his picture & signature on the bottle & as the saying goes, the rest is history.
On the serious side, Ha! Do you know why the tree went to the dentist? Well, of course he had to have a root canal.
Tuesday 7/4
Ecclesiastes 1:5-7 "The sun rises and the sun sets, then hurries around to rise again. The wind blows south, and then turns north. Around and around it goes, blowing in circles. Rivers run into the sea, but the sea is never full. Then the water returns again to the rivers and flows out again to the sea."
This comparison is meant to focus us on both the permanence and the impermanence of our world. By directing our view to the suns rise & sun setting which is a consistent daily process. It has such consistency that it can be counted on for our life order.
While, the wind & the rain which have both consistent & inconsistent patterns. The wind goes round & round but has varying patterns, but the rain comes down & ultimately runs into the ocean. It then evaporates into the sky, which then falls to the earth.
Both of these elements however, in their consistent & inconsistent processes clean the earth & sky in the way that God alone has directed them to go. We may not be able to know what time or day in advance these forces will arrive or leave, but, we can count on them accomplishing their purposes.
By cleansing the sky & watering all of His creation with tremendous effectiveness. The wind is spreading the seeds of the earth to fertilize & scrub all of His creation over the earth.
Solomon is striving to understand just how these purposes of God are fulfilled by His creation. How seemingly by no particularly consistent process God rules the earth. Man is constantly attempting to put his controls on the earth, but one thing can be counted on, and that is, that we can't totally control His creation.
All of these things should finally accomplish our needing to look to our Heavenly Father for His directive influences in our lives. Though there are patterns for us to follow, however, this creation has many varying weather with unsure patterns.
In this same way cooling, heating, blowing, raining all have unique influences in our lives. In the same way God works in our lives with these same unique ways.
In my life of recognizing these elements & then adjusting to them in my life, I have been reminded, of my dependence on my creator God for each days provisions.
All of these diverse events remind us of our need TO GO WITH GOD for He promises to care for us, even in times of uncertainty.
Jen was right about the golf!